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The tears of the Heliades : or, Amber, as a gem

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The tears of the Heliades : or, Amber, as a gem

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Buffum, W. Arnold

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Topics
Amber, Amber--Baltic Sea Region, Amber--Folklore
Publisher
New York : G. P. Putnum's Sons ; London : Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Limited,
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gialibrary; patron-library-collection
Language
English
Item Size
64.6M
Partial contents: The origin of amber -- The realm of amber -- Amber in commerce -- Amber in literature.

"The Heliades were the daughters of Helios, the Sun God, changed to poplar trees, and when mourning the death of their brother Phaethon, their tears became amber."-​-​Gemology by J. Sinkankas, entry no. 1039.

"Buffum, an archeologist, romantically describes his encounter with the colored ambers of Sicily in his introduction, then devotes his text to the legends connected with amber, the high esteem in which it was always held, the Baltic amber deposits, and gives references to the older amber literature."-​-​Gemology by J. Sinkankas, entry no. 1039.

"Entirely reset; introd shorter, dated December 1897; text revised in many places with some new material added."-​-​Gemology by J. Sinkankas, entry no. 1041.

Noted in Gemology by J. Sinkankas, entry no. 1042.
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2015-10-15 23:29:31
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patron-library-collection
Identifier
TheTearsOfTheHeliadesOrAmberAsAGem
Identifier-ark
ark:/13960/t6352bt0r
Ocr
ABBYY FineReader 11.0
Ppi
300
Year
1900


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